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1、Coffee 咖啡一、 重點(diǎn)詞匯significant 重大的，卓越的 merchant 商人 premium 額外補(bǔ)貼 surprisingly 令人驚訝地 blend 混合調(diào)制 brand 牌子 gourmet 美食家 trend 趨勢(shì) seldom 很少 regular 一般的birthplace 發(fā)源地 engage in 參加 compete 競(jìng)爭(zhēng) convert 轉(zhuǎn)向 capture 獲得 hurt 傷害 predict 預(yù)測(cè) expert 專家 二、 單選練習(xí)1.What is the main topic of the news story? A. The coffee mar

2、ket in Boston.B. The role of supermarkets in the coffee business. C. A new trend in the United States.D. The advertising of a new product. 2.What probably leads people to choose gourmet coffees over regular brands? A. Gourmet coffee is less expensive.B. Regular brands of coffee have too much caffein

3、e. C. Gourmet coffee tastes better. D. Gourmet coffee is grown in the United States. 3.What will probably happen in the future to stores that sell only regular brands of coffee? A.They will run out of coffee. B.They successfully compete with gourmet coffee sellers. C.They will introduce new regular

4、brands. D.They will lose some coffee business. 三、跟寫練習(xí) Photography 攝影術(shù)1、 重點(diǎn)詞匯reproduction of identical image 圖像重現(xiàn) skyscraper 摩天大樓 photography 攝影術(shù) self-expression 自我表現(xiàn) engineering 工程學(xué) capture 捕捉 revolutionary 革命性的 method 方法，途徑 reflect 反射 experiment 實(shí)驗(yàn) throughout 貫穿 extra 額外的 identical 完全相同的 reproduce

5、再現(xiàn)，復(fù)制 creative 創(chuàng)造性的 museum 博物館 professional 專業(yè)的 moment 瞬間 condition 條件 retouch 修整 normally 通常 difficult 困難的 二、單選練習(xí)1. What is the professor mainly discussing? A .Photographic techniques common in the early 1900 's. B .The life of Alfred Stieglitz. C.The influence of weather on Alfred Stieglitz

6、9;s photography. D. Alfred Stieglitz's approach to photography. 2.Why does the professor mention about Alfred Stieglitz? · A.How to analyze photographic techniques. B.How to define photography. C.How Alfred Stieglitz contributed to the history of photography. D.Whether photography is superi

7、or to other art forms. 3.What does the professor imply about the photographs Stieglitz took at night? A. They were influenced by his background in engineering. B. They were very expensive to take. C. They were among the first taken under such conditions. D. Most of them were of poor quality. 4.Why d

8、id Stieglitz choose not to make copies of his photographs? A.He thought the copying process took too long. B.He considered each photograph to be unique. C.He didn 't have the necessary equipment for reproduction. D.He didn 't want them to be displayed outside of his home. 三、跟寫練習(xí)Music 音樂1、 重點(diǎn)

9、詞匯Tennessee (美國(guó)) 田納西州 live performance 現(xiàn)場(chǎng)演出 soul 靈魂 band 樂隊(duì) recording studio 錄音柵 theater 劇場(chǎng) talking picture 有聲電影 mile 英里 in concert 在演唱會(huì)中 touring 巡回演出 recording industry 唱片產(chǎn)業(yè) performer 表演者 accompany 為伴奏 teenager 十幾歲的青少年 successful 成功的 overflow 溢出 crowds 人群 famous 著名的 career 職業(yè)生涯 block 阻礙 origin 起源 d

10、eath 死亡 movie 電影wonderful 完美的 radio 廣播 huge 巨大的 tradition 傳統(tǒng) 二、單選練習(xí)1.What is the talk mainly about？A. The career of Bessie Smith. B. The origin of blues music.C. Great performances by Louis Armstrong. D. The early years of the recording industry.2.What does the professor imply about Louis Armstrong?

11、A. He grew up in Tennessee.B. He taught Bessie Smith to sing.C. He made only one movie during his lifetimeD. He admired the deep feeling in Bessie Smith's singing.3.According to the professor, what often happened during Bessie Smith's concerts?A. Movie crews filmed her performances.B. Millio

12、ns listened to her on the radio.C. She was accompanied by Louis Armstrong's band.D. Traffic stopped because of crowds outside the theater.4.What was special about the movie St. Louis Blues?A. It was the first of many successful movies by Bessie Smith.B. It made Louis Armstrong famous.C. It was o

13、ne of the first movies with sound.D. It tells the story of Bessie Smith's life.5.What will the class do next?A. Discuss another well-known blues musician.B. Listen to a recording by a famous blues singer.C. Watch the movie St. Louis Blues.D. Enjoy a live performance of well-known blues songs.三、填

14、空練習(xí)Good morning，today we're going to learn a little more about that great musical 1_called "the blues.” And in just a minute, we'll get to hear the voice of a great blues performer, one of mile time famous singers and that's Bessie Smith. First of all，let me tell you a little about

15、her Bessie Smith grew up in the south in Tennessee，and while she was still a teenager, she started 2_the country with other black performers , and 3_ for herself. By 1923，she was making records for a major recording studio and selling hundreds of thousands of 4_，and soon, she was singing at 5_ perfo

16、rmances at theaters in city after city with huge 6_ crowds outside , often filling the street and blocking the traffic. It was really something. A couple of years later, she and the Great Louis Armstrong made an 7_ recording of the St. Louis Blues. And a few years after that, St. Louis blues was also the name of Bessie Smith's only movie，one of the very early 8_.Try to see it some time if you can. From then, up until her death, Bessie Smith kept on writing and recording songs and singing the blues in concerts all over